"Oh, I, er, uh, thanks?" Addie said. She internally chastised herself for lingering after thanking the girl. There was nothing wrong with being polite and nice, but sticking around after fumbling with your words only to fumble with your words again was a mistake. To top it all off, she now would have to sit with this girl because she didn't know how to say "no." Addie set her plate down across from the other girl and tried to ignore the argument nearby that was going to lead to a fistfight, no doubt. She also tried to ignore the fact that she recognized a voice. It was a little difficult to ignore the loud screech from a falcon- maybe?-, but she managed it. She'd gotten very good at ignoring things ever since she decided that her number one rule was to shut up. It was much easier to not care about things when she decided to not speak up at all. When you spoke up or tried to dismiss yourself, people like Adrian would call you a coward and punch you in the face. Well, he mostly just told her that she wasn't even worth it, which Addie wasn't willing to argue. Honestly, she sort of agreed, in a way. She was a nobody, and she rather liked it that way.

Nonetheless, Addie decided to sit down and make an attempt at conversation with the Aphrodite girl. What did Aphrodite kids like, though? Addie didn't know how to talk to pretty people, and this girl was very pretty, even though she was stuffing her face (how did she manage that?). How do you even introduce yourself to a pretty person? Unfortunately, Addie found herself stuck in a stupor, trying to figure out what to say.